Boston Burglar
Boston Burglar

Boston Burglar easy guitar chords by Eliza Carthy, Norma Waterson

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    • Verse 1
    I 
    was 
    born 
    and 

    bred 
    in 
    Bo
    ston, 

    a place 
    you 
    all 
    know 
    well. 

    Brought 
    up 
    by 
    hon
    est 
    par
    ents, 

    and 
    the truth 
    to you 
    I'll 
    tell. 

    Brought 
    up 
    by 
    hon
    est 
    parent
    s 

    and 
    reared 
    most 
    tenderly 

    Till 
    I 
    became 
    a 
    sport 
    in play 

    at 
    the 
    age 
    of 
    twenty 
    -three 

    My 
    character 
    was 
    broken 

    and 
    I 
    was 
    sen
    t 
    to 
    jail 

    My 
    friends 
    and 
    par
    ents 
    did 
    their 
    best 

    to 
    get 
    me 
    out 
    on 
    bail 

    The 
    jury 
    found 
    me 
    guilty 

    and 
    the judge, 
    he 
    wro
    te 
    it down 

    For 
    the breaking 
    of 
    the 
    Union 
    Bank, 

    you were 
    sent 
    to 
    Char
    lestown 

    I 
    can see 
    my 
    dear 
    old 
    father
    , 

    a -standing 
    at 
    the 
    bar 

    Also 
    my 
    dear 
    old 
    mother, 

    she's 
    a 
    -tearing 
    her 
    grey 
    hair 

    She's 
    a 
    -tearing 
    all 
    their 
    old 
    grey 
    locks 

    And 
    the 
    tears 
    come 
    trickling 
    down 

    Son, 
    oh 
    son, 
    what 
    have 
    you done 

    To 
    be 
    sent 
    to 
    Charlestown? 


    I 

    set 
    my 
    foot 
    on 
    an 
    eastbound 
    train, 

    One 
    course 
    and 
    a 
    day. 

    And 
    every 
    sta
    tion 
    I 
    pass 
    by 

    I 
    could 
    hear 
    the 
    people 
    say 

    There 
    goes 
    that 
    Bo
    ston 
    burg
    lar 

    In 
    iron 
    chains 
    he 
    is 
    bound 

    For 
    the 
    breaking 
    of 
    the 
    Union 
    Bank 

    He 
    is 
    sent 
    to 
    Charlottestown 

    There's 
    a 
    girl 
    in 
    Boston 
    City, 

    boys, 
    a girl 
    I 
    know 
    quite 
    well. 

    If 
    I 
    get 
    my 
    liberty, 
    it's 
    with her 
    I 
    will 
    dwell. 

    If 
    ever 
    I 
    get 
    my 
    liber
    ty, 

    rough 
    company 
    I 
    will 
    shun. 

    Likewise 
    the 
    walk
    ing 
    of 
    the 
    streets, 


    And the drinking 
    of 
    the 
    rum. 

    Now 
    you 
    that 
    have 
    your 
    liber
    ty, 

    Pray 
    keep 
    it 
    if 
    you can, 

    And 
    don't 
    go 
    mid
    night 
    ram
    bling, 

    Or 
    you'll 
    break 
    the laws 
    of 
    man. 

    And 
    if 
    you 
    do, 
    you're sure 
    to 
    rue 

    And 
    you'll 
    find 
    yourself 
    like 
    me 

    A 
    sentence 
    down 
    to 
    twenty 
    -one 
    years 

    Of 
    penal 
    sab
    batee 


    A 
    sentence 
    down 
    to 21 
    years 

    of 
    penal 
    servitude 



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